Article
Divergence in Zygodontomys (rodentia: Sigmodontinae) and distribution of amazonian savannas.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Bonvicino Cibele R, Gonçalves Pablo R, de Oliveira João A, de Oliveira Luiz Flamarion B, Mattevi Margarete S
Abstract excerpt
Northern South America presents a diverse array of nonforest or savanna-like ecosystems that are patchily distributed. The distribution of these open habitats has been quite dynamic during Quaternary glacial-interglacial cycles; yet, the relevance of climatically driven vicariance events to the diversification of nonforest Amazonian vertebrates remains poorly known. We analyzed karyologic and mitochondrial DNA...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Male
- Phylogeny
- Sex Chromosomes
- Sigmodontinae
- South America
